Handset
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRESS-TO-TALK/UNIPHONE/MANUAL
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0408.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BOX/ SYNTHETIC HANDSET & CORD/ PAPER INSERT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY WW II
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO SEND & RECEIVE RADIO SIGNALS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED ON HANDLE OF HANDSET: 'Western Electrical/ F3 MADE IN USA'/ STAMPED ON RECEIVER UNIT: 'HAI' '1-7-47'/ STAMPED ON SWITCH HOOK BOX: 'G2'/ PAPER INSERT: 'GE [LOGO FORM]/ MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- TRANSMITTER UNIT
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK HANDSET & CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co. Ltd., Handset, circa 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1988.0408, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0408.001/
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